Caesar Crosses the Rubicon Literary Analysis for exam GCSE

Hi this is my Caesar powerpoint containing all the notes which I have tried to make clear that you will probably need to write your essays in the exam on. I hope it is relevant and helpful, and feel free to have a look at my other ones in the same style

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Latin poets were expected to include references toother writers ­ this one is to Livy's story of Hannibal Caesar is powerful; he has justcrossing the Alps and the obstacles he encountered. conquered the Alps and isLucan is also exaggerating harsh conditions. about to take on Rome. As far as Caesar Assonance of c links it together is concerned, war is inevitable. iam gelidas Caesar cursu superaverat Alpes ingentisque animo motus bellumque futurum ceperat. ut ventum est parvi Rubiconis ad undas, Means `movements'. It suggests that his `Huge' contrasts with actions will have earth-shattering effects. `small'Caesar is going to capture Rome ­ this Ironic: great Caesar conquering `little' Rubicon.word suggests the meaning of his However, Caesar disregards the importance of thisplans. river, which is one of the most important in Italy because...…read more

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Also, `patriae' has been placed All this description reinforces the emphatically at the centre of the line. huge image of Rome and her panic.Deliberate contrastbetween obvious Juxtaposition of `leader' andopposites e.g. `homeland' refers to Caesar's `Trembling': very strong word,good/bad ambition. creates anxiety in the reader. ingens uisa duci patriae trepidantis imago clara per obscuram vultu maetissima noctem turrigero canos effundens uertice crines Turrets are a symbol of a city Use of superlative adjective indicates under siege. how sad she is. The fact that her hair has gone white emphasizes how worried she is.…read more

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When in mourning, a Roman custom for women was for them to tear their clothes and hair, which is why her shoulders are bare and her hair is torn. Repetition and short sentences broken up into short clauses make Her hair is torn - she has been her speech punchy. attacked! caesarie lacera nudisque adstare lacertis et gemitu permixta loqui: `quo tenditis ultra? quo fertis mea signa, viri? si iure venitis, Citizens si cives, huc usque licet.' tum perculit don't attack their city. horror Deliberate use of the word `lawfully'; A strong verb, it Caesar and his men cannot cross with expresses how weapons without becoming `an enemy of powerfully he has been the State'. affected.The vision is speaking to all the soldier but only Caesar is said to bestruck with fear so is it just him who can see it or is it because he is theleader and the one responsible for their illegal actions, or even both?…read more

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Word order emphasizes the nouns as the two words should be the other way round. membra ducis, riguere comae gressumque coercens languor in extrema tenuit uestigia ripa.Placed at the beginning for This shows how desperate Rome isemphasis. as it is the very edge and her last chance to stop him.…read more

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Lucan/Caesar is showing his knowledge of Roman history, right to the start, at Troy. This was a rock on the Capitoline hill named after a Roman maiden called Tarpeia who `Soon' ­ he is frightened and betrayed Rome to the enemy (the Sabines). affected Traitors like her got thrown off this rock. mox ait `o magnae qui moenia prospicis urbis Tarpeia de rupe Tonans Phrygiique penates gentis Iuleae et rapti secreta QuiriniReference to the Julius clan who The household gods are from Phrygia, whichsaid that they were descendants was then Troy. This is another referral to theof Julius, the son of Aeneas (who story of Aeneas saving the household gods inwas in turn the son of Venus) the destroyed city of Troy and taking them to Italy. Quirini refers to Romulus, one of the founders of Rome, who is said to have been carried off.…read more

Caesar Crosses the Rubicon Literary Analysis for exam GCSE

Hi this is my Caesar powerpoint containing all the notes which I have tried to make clear that you will probably need to write your essays in the exam on. I hope it is relevant and helpful, and feel free to have a look at my other ones in the same style

Slides in this set

Slide 1

Slide 2

Latin poets were expected to include references toother writers ­ this one is to Livy's story of Hannibal Caesar is powerful; he has justcrossing the Alps and the obstacles he encountered. conquered the Alps and isLucan is also exaggerating harsh conditions. about to take on Rome. As far as Caesar Assonance of c links it together is concerned, war is inevitable. iam gelidas Caesar cursu superaverat Alpes ingentisque animo motus bellumque futurum ceperat. ut ventum est parvi Rubiconis ad undas, Means `movements'. It suggests that his `Huge' contrasts with actions will have earth-shattering effects. `small'Caesar is going to capture Rome ­ this Ironic: great Caesar conquering `little' Rubicon.word suggests the meaning of his However, Caesar disregards the importance of thisplans. river, which is one of the most important in Italy because...…read more

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Also, `patriae' has been placed All this description reinforces the emphatically at the centre of the line. huge image of Rome and her panic.Deliberate contrastbetween obvious Juxtaposition of `leader' andopposites e.g. `homeland' refers to Caesar's `Trembling': very strong word,good/bad ambition. creates anxiety in the reader. ingens uisa duci patriae trepidantis imago clara per obscuram vultu maetissima noctem turrigero canos effundens uertice crines Turrets are a symbol of a city Use of superlative adjective indicates under siege. how sad she is. The fact that her hair has gone white emphasizes how worried she is.…read more

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When in mourning, a Roman custom for women was for them to tear their clothes and hair, which is why her shoulders are bare and her hair is torn. Repetition and short sentences broken up into short clauses make Her hair is torn - she has been her speech punchy. attacked! caesarie lacera nudisque adstare lacertis et gemitu permixta loqui: `quo tenditis ultra? quo fertis mea signa, viri? si iure venitis, Citizens si cives, huc usque licet.' tum perculit don't attack their city. horror Deliberate use of the word `lawfully'; A strong verb, it Caesar and his men cannot cross with expresses how weapons without becoming `an enemy of powerfully he has been the State'. affected.The vision is speaking to all the soldier but only Caesar is said to bestruck with fear so is it just him who can see it or is it because he is theleader and the one responsible for their illegal actions, or even both?…read more

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Word order emphasizes the nouns as the two words should be the other way round. membra ducis, riguere comae gressumque coercens languor in extrema tenuit uestigia ripa.Placed at the beginning for This shows how desperate Rome isemphasis. as it is the very edge and her last chance to stop him.…read more

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Lucan/Caesar is showing his knowledge of Roman history, right to the start, at Troy. This was a rock on the Capitoline hill named after a Roman maiden called Tarpeia who `Soon' ­ he is frightened and betrayed Rome to the enemy (the Sabines). affected Traitors like her got thrown off this rock. mox ait `o magnae qui moenia prospicis urbis Tarpeia de rupe Tonans Phrygiique penates gentis Iuleae et rapti secreta QuiriniReference to the Julius clan who The household gods are from Phrygia, whichsaid that they were descendants was then Troy. This is another referral to theof Julius, the son of Aeneas (who story of Aeneas saving the household gods inwas in turn the son of Venus) the destroyed city of Troy and taking them to Italy. Quirini refers to Romulus, one of the founders of Rome, who is said to have been carried off.…read more